Skip to content
triphenylborane

Structure via PubChem · Public domain (PubChem)

EntityQ7843274· pop 14· linked from 13 articles

triphenylborane

Sign in to save

Triphenylborane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula , often abbreviated to , where Ph is the phenyl group. It is a white crystalline solid and is both air and moisture sensitive, slowly forming benzene and triphenylboroxine. It is soluble in aromatic solvents.

Chemical data

Formula
C18H15B
Molecular weight
242.1 g/mol
IUPAC name
triphenylborane
SMILES
B(C1=CC=CC=C1)(C2=CC=CC=C2)C3=CC=CC=C3
InChIKey
MXSVLWZRHLXFKH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Polar surface area
0 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
0
Formal charge
0

via PubChem

Drug data · ChEMBL

Molecule type
Small molecule

via ChEMBL · EBI

Wikidata facts

Mass
242.127
Show 4 more facts
Commons category
Triphenylborane
chemical formula
C₁₈H₁₅B
canonical SMILES
B(C1=CC=CC=C1)(C2=CC=CC=C2)C3=CC=CC=C3
melting point
147.0
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Structure and properties
  • Synthesis
  • Applications
  • References

Triphenylborane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula , often abbreviated to , where Ph is the phenyl group. It is a white crystalline solid and is both air and moisture sensitive, slowly forming benzene and triphenylboroxine. It is soluble in aromatic solvents.

==Structure and properties== The core of the compound, , has a trigonal planar structure. The phenyl groups are rotated at about a 30° angle from the core plane.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “triphenylborane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.